Workman&#39;s time-recorder.



No. 788,760. PATENTED MAY 2, 1905. J. N. BMLEY.

WORKMAN'STIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.15.1898.

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PATENT OEEICE0 JAY NOBLE EMLEY, OF NET YORK, N. Y.

WORKIVIANS TIME-RECORDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,760, dated May 2, 1905.

Application led pril 15, 1898. Serial No. 677,679. I

To all whom, 15 777,04/ concern:

Be it known that I, JAY NoBLE EMLEY, a citizen ot' the United States, residing' at New York, in the county and State ot' New York, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in l/Vorkmens Time-Recorders, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the drawing's accompanying and forming' a part of the same.

My invention has reference to employees time-recorders, and especially to improvements in the devices for printing' a record by means ot' the keys inserted. lt has forits object to simplify the construction of such devices and to make the construction more durable and to attain greater accuracy of record in time-recorders.

To this end my invention consists, essentially, in the embodiment in a time-recorder of one or more revoluble type disks or plates each provided with a series of stepped teeth with which the key engages to rotate the disks to bring the type character on the periphery of the said disk corresponding' to the tooth engaged into the proper position when the printing mechanism is brought into operation.

The features of invention will be indicated in the claims to follow the description or' the herein-shown form oi' apparatus embodying my invention.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying' drawings, forming a part ot' this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

The drawings show that partl of a workmans time-recorder which includes the minute and hour'printing wheels, the means for driving the same from the time mechanism, such as a clock, and one form of recording mechanism embodying' my invention.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a time-recorder embodying my improvements with the outside casing, a portion or' the iramc, and the clock-movement removed. Fig. 2 is a side elevation looking vfrom the left of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a side elevation illustrating the timeprinting wheels and the type-disks. Fig'. 4: is a front elevation of the type-disk having the type characters on its periphery to print te ,7 ss

1n anc out. Fig. o isa side elevation looking' from the left of Fig. 4. Fig'. 6 is a front elevation of a type-disk having' the type characters on its periphery to print the numerals. Fig. 7 is a side elevation looking' from thelet't of Fig'. 6. Fig. 8 is a plan view of a key adapted to engage teeth on three typedisks. Fig. 9 is aside elevation looking from the lett of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a plan View ot' a key adapted to engage the teeth on two disks. Fig'. 11 is a plan view of akey adapted to engage a tooth on one disk. Fig. 12 is a detail perspective. Fig'. 13 is a detail front view showing position of key-opening' in relation to disks.

Referring' to the drawings in detail, 1 represents the back frame ot' the machine, having a bearing for the rear end of a shaft 2. On this shaft 2 time-wheels 3 and 4C are mounted. The hour-wheel 3 preferably has around its periphery two sets of type characters, each running consecutively from 1 up to 12, inclusive, and said wheel 3 is fixed to a concentric wheel 5, which meshes with a gearwheel 6, which is supposed to be driven by some source of power in a step-by-step motion, so as to bring' the correct type character on the wheel 3 up to the proper position relative to the hammer at the beginning' oi each hour.

It may in some cases be desirable to make the hour-wheel a triiie wider and place on its periphery beside each character ot' one set of type characters the letters 1L M. and beside each character of the other set the letters R M., so that the printed record will indicate in what part ot' the day the impression was made.

The minute-wheel el. has around its periphery sixty type characters running consecutively from O0 up to 59, inclusive, and is secured to the concentric wheel 7, which meshes with a gear-wheel 8, which is supposed to be rotated either continuously or in astepby-step motion by some source of power, such as the time mechanism ot' a clock, so as to bring' the correct characters on the wheel -L up to the proper position relative to the hammer to print in conjunction with wheel 3 the correct hour and minute of day.

On the shaft 2 are also independently mount- IOO ed one or more plates or fragments of disks 9 9 9H, which may be actuated by any suitable instrumentality. The radius of each of these disks is preferably the same as that of the time-wheels 3 and 4. Between these disks I have placed washers 11 in order to insure freedom of motion. On the periphery of these disks are ten type characters representing' the ten numerals from 1te 0, inclusive. In each of these type-disks is a hole or slot 12 for the admission of a number-key, such as shown in Figs. 8 to 11, inclusive. One side 13 of this hole or slot is notched into steps to correspond with the type characters on the periphery, the rise or height of each step being of any convenient measure, while the tread or width of each step must be such as te insure the disks being rotated suflieientl y by the key at the time the hammer is released to have the proper character in position to be struck by the hammer. rIhe steps or notches are arranged eccentric to the axis of the shaft 2, on which the disk is mounted, and as the ke'y is adapted, by means to be hereinafter described, to be revolved or moved through a path concentric with said axis it will be seen that each key is adapted te engage with but one of the series of steps of each disk. There is a pin 14 in the frame 1 (see Fig'. 12) which is bent over into a U shape. One arm serves as a step or guide against which each-of the disks rests, and between the other arm and each disk is a spring 15, which operates to retract the disk and retain it in the proper position after each record. Another type-disk or fragment of disk 10 of the same radius as the others and having' on its periphery type characters to print in and out is placed on the shaft 2. rIhe side of this disk 10 has two steps constructed to engage the number-key and be operated thereby in a similar manner to the other disks.

In the front case 1L of the device there is a revoluble disk 16, centered on the shaft 2. In this disk isa slot 17 as long as the width of the keys and as wide as the thickness of the number-keys. Each key, as shown in Figs. 8 te 11, is provided with a stop 18, which determines the distance which it can be inserted into said slot in the disk 16 and is made of suflicient length beyond the slot on either side to permit of its engaging' as many disks as there are numerals in the number which the key is designed to record.

In the present instance I use the type-num erals on disk 9 alone to represent units, I use the typenumerals on disks 9 and 9 in combination to represent units and tens, respectively, in two figure numbers, and I use the type-numerals on disks 9H, 9', and 9 in combination to represent units, tens, and hundreds, respectively, in numbers of three ligures.

It will be seen that the length of each key will depend upon the number of numerals in the number it is to record. The surfaces 19 on the faces of keys number 738 and 36 will engage with the surface 20 of the typedisk 9, and the surface 21 of number "3 key will engage with the surface 2() of the type-disk 9. It will be readily seen that a certain section of each key is capable of actuating one disk, and by properly notching the key within that section any desired type character on the corresponding disk can be alined in front of the hammer for printing.

Both ends of each key are similarly notched with the-exception of that section which actuates disk 10. This section of the key on one side of 18 is made so as to bring' the type characters printing' in into alinement, and the corresponding section on the other side is made so as to bring` the type characters printing` out7 into alinement. By the insertion of the proper end of each key the operator may cause the record to indicate whether it was made on his coming' in to or his going' out from work.

In Figs. 1 and 2 I show a spring-actuated hammer 22. rIhe impression to be taken from the time-wheels and ty pe-disks may be aii'ected by such hammer. The type and numerals on the disks and timewheels can be inked, or a ribbon, such as 23, may be inserted between the hammer and the type characters, and the paper, such as 24, or card or other device to be printed on may be run or inserted between the hammer and the ribbon at the time of taking' an impression. 'I he hammer is drawn by hand or by means of a suitably-arranged pawl 25, which is adapted to engage the key as it is turned and to depress the hammer until the pawl is freed and the hammer thus allowed to strike a blow upon the paper, thereby imprinting` thereon numerals and letters indieating' not only the particular minute and hou r of time when the impression is made, butalso the number and direction, either in or out, of the operator.

The operation of the mechanism is as follows: Assuming that the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1, the operator inserts one end of his key into the slot on disk 16 until the stop 18 touches the plate 16. By means of the inner portion of the key the revoluble key-supporting disk or carrier 16 is rotated, and the key is caused to engage with that one of the steps or notches 13 which is properly related to the printing character on the disk correspondingI to the number or one of the ligures of the number on the key. If the number of the key consists of two figures, it will be understood that two of the revoluble printing-disks will be engaged by the key. It will be seen that as the keycarrier 16 is rotated in the manner above described the Akey will also eno'ae'e with the disk 10 to move the proper character thereon into operative position and will also engage with the pawl 25. Then the key has passed beyond or out IOO of engagement with the pawl 25, the pr per characters on the printing-disks will be in operative position, and as the hammer is released by the disengagement of said pawl 25 it will be forced forward by its spring' and caused to produce an impression of said alined characters upon the paper strip. It will be seen that by means of a pawl 26 working in a ratchetwheel 27 on the end of a bobbin to which a strip of paper is attached this operation'will also advance the paper each time to present to the type characters an unprinted clear space within which the record will be printed. After the hammer has struck the type characters the key is turned by the operator back to its original position and withdrawn from the slot in 16, and the mechanism is ready to be operated again.

That I claim is- 1. In a time-recorder, the combination of a revoluble type-disk provided with a series oiC eccentrically-arranged stepped teeth, and operating means adapted to engage said teeth to move the said disk to bring characters upon its periphery into the printing-line.

2. In a time-recorden'the combination of a revoluble type-disk provided with a series of stepped teeth, operating means adapted to engage one of said teeth to move said disk, and means to retain said type-disk against said operating means.

3. In a time-recorder, the combination of a revoluble type-disk provided with a series of stepped teeth, operating means independent of the disk and adapted to engage one of said teeth for revolving the disk to bring the corresponding character into the printing-line, and mechanism for making' a record from the said character.

4.. In a recording mechanism, a revoluble printing-disk having a series of peripherallyarranged'printing characters and a series of eccentric teeth arranged between its periphery and axis.

5. In a recording mechanism, the combination of a revoluble disk having a series of printing characters on its periphery and a series of eccentric teeth between its periphery and axis, and a removable key adapted to move about the axis of said disk and engage with one oi' the teeth thereon to bring one oi' the printing characters into operative position.

6. In a recording mechanism, the combination of a series of type-carrying disks mounted to revolve independently about a common axis and each provided with a series of stepped teeth, and a series of independent operating devices each adapted to engage a tooth on one or more of said disks and to rotate the engaged disks to bring' a type on each into operative position.

7. In a recording mechanism, the combination of a revoluble type-carrying disk, having a series of stepped teeth, a second type-carrier, 10, and an independent operating means adapted to engage with one of the teeth on the said disk and also with the carrier 10 to bring selected type on both into alinement.

8. In a recording mechanism, the combination of a series of independent revoluble typecarrying disks, a supplemental type-carrier, 10, and independent operating means adapted to engage one or more of said disks and also the supplemental carrier to bring' type on said supplemental carrier and on the engaged disk or disks into alinement.

9. In a recording mechanism, the combination with a type-carrying' disk, of a supplemental type-carrier, and a removable key or operating' means having two sections each adapted to engage both said disk and supplemental carrier, both of said sections acting' to adjust the disk into the same position and each adapted to adjust the supplemental carrier to a position different from that eiected by the other section.

10. In a time-recorder, the combination of a revoluble type-disk provided with a series of eccentrically-arranged stepped teeth, a second revoluble type disk l() and operating means adapted to engage said teeth to move said disks to bring characters upon their periphery into the printing-line.

11. In a time-recorder, the combination oi' a revoluble type-disk provided with a series oi' stepped teeth, a second revoluble type-disk 10, operating means adapted to engage one of said teeth to move said disks, and means to retain said type-disk against said operating means.

12. In a time-recorder, the combination of a revoluble type-disk provided with a series of stepped teeth, a second revoluble type-disk 10, operating means independent of the disk adapted to engage one of said teeth for revolving' the said disk to bring' the corresponding character into the printing-line, and mechanism for making a record from the said character.

13. In a recording mechanism, the combination of a revoluble disk having a series oi printing characters on its periphery and a scries ot' eccentric teeth between its periphery and axis, a separate disk 10 and a removable key adapted to move about the axis of said disk and to engage with one of the teeth thereon to bring' one of the printing characters into operative position.

141. In a recording mechanism, the combination of a revoluble type-carrying disk, aseparate type-carrying disk 10 and independent means adapted to engage said disks, when turned about an axis extending parallel to the axis of the said disks and move the same to bring' one of the type thereon into operative position.

15. An identifying means for recorders, Sac., comprising a plurality of type-carriers having printing' characters, a key, and oper- IOO IIO

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'rear/6e ating selective devices on said printing-type l vided With a recess, the peripheral wall ol 30 carriers and key by the direct engagement of which the turning of said key turns a predetermined set of printing characters to printing position, substantially as described.

16. An identifying means for recorders, &c., comprising a plurality of type-carriers, each having printing characters and corresponding' selective projections, and a key having selective projections to directly engage the corresponding projections of the printingtype carriers and turn the corresponding printing characters to printing position, substantially as described.

17. An identifying means for recorders, &c., comprising a plurality of type-carriers having printing' characters, a rotatable and removable key, and cooperating selective devices on said printing-type carriers and key, by the direct engagement ot' which the turning of said key turns a predetermined set of printing' characters to printing position, said type-carriers and key rotating around a common axis, substantially as described.

18. An' identifying means for recorders,

Sac., comprising a plurality of printing-type carriers arranged in axial alinement, each type-carrier having its periphery provided with printingcharacters and its body prowhich has a series ot' selective stop shoulders or projections corresponding to the printing characters and a key having selective projections adapted to travel in said recesses and engage the corresponding stop-shoulders, substantially as described.

19. An identifying means Yfor recorders, &c., comprising' a plurality oi' printing-type carriers having peripheral printing characters` recesscs in said type-carriers, the peripheral walls whereof have a series of stopshoulders to be engaged by thc key in one direction and a terminal stop-shoulder to be engaged bythe keyin the other direction, a key provided with selective projections, one Vfor each printing-type carrier, to engage said shoulders, and means `for limiting' the rotation of one key in each direction, whereby lull rotation of said key in one direction sets the corresponding characters in printing position and full rotation oiI the key in the other direction returns all oi the type-carriers to their normal position, substantially as described.

JAY NOBLE EMLEY.

lVitnesses:

JOSEPH C. RUBINO, H ENRY A. RUniNo. 

